Austin charter students in poverty outperformed Austin district students in poverty in reading, with a non-significant math advantage¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q2·i0negligible
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i0 Austin charter students in poverty outgrew district students in poverty by 0.07 SD (43 days) in reading, significant at p<0.01; the math difference (0.07 SD, 40 days) was not marked significant. → CREDO 2022
Evidence¶
CREDO 2022¶
CREDO. (2022). City Study 2022: Austin. https://credo.stanford.edu
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Subgroup analysis comparing Austin charter and district students in poverty with the statewide poverty average and with each other for SY 2018-19. The printed row "A u s t i n C h a r t e r S c h o o l S t u d e n t s i n P o v e r t y 0.07** 43** 0.07 40" shows the within-Austin reading contrast significant and the math contrast unmarked; both standardized differences are below d = 0.2.
"A u s t i n C h a r t e r S c h o o l S t u d e n t s i n P o v e r t y 0.07** 43** 0.07 40"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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austin-charter-poverty-students-outperform-district-peers |
title |
Austin charter students in poverty outperformed Austin district students in poverty in reading, with a non-significant math advantage |
description |
Austin charter students in poverty outperformed Austin district students in poverty in reading, with a non-significant math advantage |
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evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2022 |
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2025 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — credo-2022 |
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